Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-10-04
DECIDE THIS |
Questions Which Affect Every
Family in Ohio.
The Man Who Wants Good Timea, Good
Wages ssd Good Prioss for Hts Pre-
ducts should Read This Carefully.


Wages s.d Good Prioss for HIS Pre-
ducts should Head This Carefully.
The issue on the tariff has been made
in Ohio and the Democrats have placed
themselves in u position of an.agonism to
the protective tariff and in favor Of free
trade They are flooding the state with
free trade documents.
Protection with its attendant conse-
quences, or free trade with its certain re-
suits, must he this Nations future herit-
age. No gift of prophecy is required to
determine with great certainty the result
of either policy. History, ever repeating
itself, will fortell our future veal or
woe
Tariff for revenue, destroying our homo
market, has invariably enabled the for
tured articles sent to US. and also to fix
prices Of our produce sent to them. Tariff
for protection has always afforded us the
best of all markets. good home mar
ket-and enabled us to fix prices on what
We have TO sell Tariff for revenue has
caused corn to be burned for fuel upon our
prairies. wheat TO sell at twenty cents per
bushel, -four at 81 per barrel and lumber
at - per Thousand. In those delectahls
days it required ten bushels Of potatocS
to buy a crockery teapot, one and ono
half bushels of wheat to buy a pound q
coffee and twelve and one half barrels Of
-four To buy yard of foreign free trade
broadcloth. Tariff for revenue has in
variably crippled our home manufactures
and enabled the employers to dictate
rates Of wages because of surplus OF
labor. Tariff for protection has always
afforded abundant work and enabled
workmen to dictate reasonable rates of
wages Tariff for revenue resulted in
empty treasury vaults and bad National
credit Tariff for protection has enabled
us TO rapidly reduce our gigantic National
war debt and placed our bonds above par
in the European market.
The effects in the United States of the
two systems during a period OF seventy
years from 1913 To 1883, may be sum
married. as follows:
Under pE toe. Under free -'dO
tion, as cstab- revenue tariff
Conditions .. lishcd in lsl,. as esi ablished in
ls,s, ists ard lsl., 1884 lsss
1851. and 1857.
J.,. In s.u,,a Seek ing en-
'''' - :" iloy ment.
Wage ... . Hi.h. Low.
Z II grafton In ~ ss.ng. d. lining.
Farm products. High Low.
Mani. product, Low. High.
v'auc,public Large and in. Small and DO
ant private increasing. creasing.
wealth. plhlic ,., Bankrupt cy
aid private. nearly univSal'
Ns,;o,,l stains Growing in e. row in< de-
Tcndcncc. psndence.
National RS lii Cool. Bad.
In the presence OF these important his
-orical facts, let the candid reader re-
member that the American people have
never yet attained the best results Of
protection. nor the worst results eof free
foreign trade.
Many important industries are still un-
developed in our country, and much of
pIir wealth which should remain at home,
goes abroad on account of inadequate
protection.
II the results Of partial protection
tn labor have been So satisfactory, and
the results of partial free foreign trade
20 unsatisfactory, which system shall we
choose
Let us, without prejudice Of old asso-
Citations. decide this all important ques-
tiou as American citizens, believing in
the true dignity Of American labor.
Let the voters of Ohio. by their ballots
on the Sth day of November, register this
decision.